Fastening device for end-gates



No. sums. Patented Oct. 4, I898. c. 'M. DAVIS.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR END GATES.

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No. sums.

C. M. DAVIS.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR END GATES.

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COLUMBUS M. DAVIS, OF WAGGO-NER, ILLINOIS.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR END-GATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,678, dated October 4, 1898.

Application filed December 31,1897. Serial No. 666,018. (No model.) Patented in Canada June 7, 1897,110. 56,162.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, COLUMBUS M. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVaggoner, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Fastening Device for End-Gates, (patented in Canada June 7, 1897, by Letters Patent No. 56,162,) of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for end-gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of end-gate fasteners and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device capable of securely locking an end-gate between the sides of a wagonbody and of preventing such sides from spreading and adapted to permit an end-gate to be quickly removed and rapidly replaced.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of that class of endgates which are employed as shoveling-boards and to provide means whereby such end-gates may be quickly lowered to a shoveling position and firmly secured in position.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a portion of a wagon-body provided with a fastening device for endgates constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is an end. elevation showing a scoopboard provided with a fastening device constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 4: is a side elevation, the scoop-board being lowered to a position for shoveling. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of hinging the scoop-board.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

1 designates an end-gate arranged-between the sides 2 of a wagon body or box, which is provided at the inner faces of its sides with vertical cleats 3, located a short distance from the rear end of the body to provide a space for the end-gate.

The end-gate,which is provided on its outer face with vertical cleats 4, has a pair of hooks 5 arranged at one side of it and extending horizontally beyond it through slots 6 of the adjacent side of the wagon-body and engaging over a vertically-disposed reinforcing-bar 7. The reinforcing-bar 7, which is arranged at each side of the wagon-body, is disposed on the outer face thereof and has its lower end extended through the bottom end cleat of the wagon-body and threaded for the reception of nuts. The shanks of the hooks 5 are interposed between the outer face of the end-gate and the adjacent cleat 1, which is recessed at its inner face, and the said hooks 5 permit the end-gate when the same is unlocked to swing outward horizontally and disengage itself from the wagon-body.

The end-gate is-detachably locked within the wagon-body by upper and lower reciprocating rods 8 and 9, arranged on the outer face of the gate and guided in openings 10 and 11 of the adjacent cleat 4 and adapted to pass through corresponding openings 12 and 13 of the adjacent side of the wagon-body. The upper rod 8, which is provided at its outer end with a hook 14, engages over a horizontal arm 15 of the adjacent bar 7, each of the bars being provided with such an arm, and the openings 10 and 12, which are vertically elongated, permit the upper rod to swing sufficiently to disengage the hook from the arm 15. The lower rod 9, which engages thelower opening 13 of the wagon-body, is pivoted to a substantially vertically-disposed lever 17, fulcrumed at its upper end and connected between its ends with a vertically-disposed operating-lever 19 by a link 18. The operating-lever 19 is fulcrumed at its lower end and is pivoted adjacent to its handle portion to the inner end of the upper reciprocating rod 8. By this arrangement the upper and lower rods 8 and 9 are simultaneously reciprocated in the same direction the proper distance thereon to engage them with and disengage them from the wagon-body.

The operating-lever is arranged within a horizontal portion of a substantially L-shaped keeper composed of bars 21 and 22, which are disposed substantially at right angles to each other. The bar 22, which is bowed outward slightly, as shown, is disposed substantially horizontally, and the pivot 23, which forms the fulcrum of the lever 17, also serves to secure the adjacent end of the bar 22 to the gate. The vertical port-ion of the L-shaped keeper receives a link 24, which is adapted to engage over the handle portion of the operating-lever, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, to hold the parts in their locked position, and the upper portion of the keeper is disposed at a slight inclination, whereby the locking device is tightened by forcing the link downward on the same. The inward swing of the operating-lever is limited to prevent the rods 8 and 9 from being entirely withdrawn from the cleat 4.

The top box 25 of the wagon-body is provided at one side of its end-gate section 26 with a horizontal hook 27, extending through an opening of the adjacent side of the top box and engaging over a reinforcing-piece 28. The other sideof the end-gate section 26 is provided with a bar 29, disposed horizontally and extending through a slot 30 of the top box. The outer end of the bar 29 is perforated and is engaged by a pivoted hook 31, whih is mounted on a hasp 32. The hasp is secured to the outer face of the adjacent side of the wagon-box and retains the end-gate section 26 in place. The end gate section 26 fits against vertical cleats 33 of the top box and is provided at its outer face with cleats 34, which strengthen it and which are recessed at their inner faces to receive the hook 27 and the bar 29. When the hasp is disengaged from the bar 29, the end-gate section 26 is readily removed by swinging it outward horizontally and withdrawing its hook from engagement with the top box.

The wagon-body is provided at its bottom with pintles 35, arranged in recesses and adapted to be engaged by leaf-plates 36 of a shoveling or scoop board 37, which extends to the top of the top box. The leaf-plates 36, which cooperate with the pintles to form hinges, are provided with open eyes or hooks to enable the shoveling or scoop board to be readily detached, and the pintles 35 are provided with threaded shanks extending through the bottom of the wagon-body and receiving-nuts.

The scoop or shoveling board 37, which has cleats 38 at its outer face, is provided at each side with a locking device consisting of a horizontal reciprocating bar 39, arranged in an opening of the adjacent cleat 38 and provided at its outer end with a hook adapted to extend through the upper opening 12 of the side of the wagon-body and engage over the horizontal arm 15 of the vertical bar 7. The locking-bar is operated by a substantially vertically-disposed lever 40, fulcrumed at its lower end and arranged in a horizontal portion of a substantially L-shaped keeper ll, constructed similar to that heretofore described, and having a link 42 arranged on its upwardly-extending portion and adapted to engage over the upper or handle portion of the lever 40.

The shoveling or scoop board, which is pro vided with wings 43, is secured in its lowered position by connecting-rods 44c and t5, linked together and similarly connected to arms 16 of the scoop or shoveling board, and the inner links or rods are provided with eyes to which are connected links or rings 17, which engage the upper ends of the bars 7. The bars 7 have their upper ends bent outward and offset from the sides of the wagon-body to form hooks for the reception of the rings or links 47.

It will be seen that the locking device is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is positive and reliable in operation, and that it will prevent the sides of a wagon-body from springing outward under the strain of a load. It will also be apparent that it will enable end gates and scoop-boards to be readily removed and replaced, and that it is applicable to car-doors, barn-doors, and the like, and that when used on a car-door the ordinary seal may be connected with the link that holds the operating-lever.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

\Vhat is claimed is-- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with an end gate or door, of a horizontal locking-bar provided at its outer end with a book, a substantially verticallydisposed operating-lever fulcrumed at its lower end and connected between its ends with the locking-bar, a substantially L-shaped keeper having a horizontal portion receiving the operating-lever, and a link arranged on the upwardly-extending portion or" the keeper and engaging over the upper portion of the operating-lever, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with an end gate or door provided at one side with rigid hooks, upper and lower rods disposed horizontally and arranged to slide on the end gate or door, one of the rods being provided with a hook, of an operating-lever, disposed substantiallyvertically, fulcrumed at its lower end and connected between its ends with the upper rod,the lever 17 fulcrumed at its upper end and pivoted at its lower end to the lower rod, a link pivoted to the operating-lever and similarly connected to the lever 17 at a point between the ends thereof, and. means for holding the operating lever against movement when the parts are locked, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of an end gate or door provided at one side with rigid hooks, a substantially L-shaped keeper mounted on the end gate or door and having one portion disposed at a slight inclination, upper and lower locking rods or bars, one of the rods or bars being provided with a hook, an operating-lever disposed vertically in the horizontal portion of the keeper fulcrumed at its lower end and pivoted between its ends to the upper rod or bar, a link arranged on the upper portion of the keeper and engaging the handle portion of the operating-lever, and a lever 17 fulcrumed at its upper end, pivoted at its lower end to the lower rod or bar and connected between its ends with the operating-leven' in the upper opening of the cleat and provided at its outer end with a hook, said rod passing through the upper opening 12 of the wagon body, an operating-lever connected with the upper rod, a lever 17 fulcrumed at its upper end and connected at its lower end to the lower rod or bar, a link connecting the levers, means for holding the operating-lever when the parts are locked, and reinforcingbars secured to the outer faces of the sides of the Wagon-body, engaged by the rigid hooks and provided with horizontal arms,sub- I stantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I- claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' COLUMBUS ,M. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

J. S. THOMPSON, CLAUDE M. VIGNOS. 

